Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday denounced a Democratic-sponsored Supreme Court ethics bill ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s scheduled vote on the bill.
legal committee is scheduled vote On Thursday, Democratic Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Supreme Court Ethics, Challenges, and Transparency (SCERT) activityThis would require judges to adopt codes of ethics, strengthen disclosure and challenge requirements, and establish review and investigation processes. Complaint against the judge.Republicans postponed hearings ahead of time Press conference On Wednesday, he argued that the bill’s roots lie in Democrats’ opposition to decisions in certain cases.
“The Democrats and their dark money, and their allies associated with the dark money, engaged in, and continue to engage in, this effort to intimidate, collective action, and defile the courts,” said Iowa Republican Senator Grassley. Said Press conference. “It’s the results that they don’t like that matter.”
recent white house backed up A campaign by left-wing groups to make it a central issue in the 2024 election, claiming that the Supreme Court is “held by right-wing extremists.”
“Think of a boxing match. If you don’t fight in the first round, you can’t win the match,” Whitehouse said. according to to Politico.
“The Democrats, their dark money, and their allies associated with the dark money, are engaged in a campaign to smear the courts.
It’s about the consequences they don’t like. ”
— Senate Republican (@SenateGOP) July 19, 2023
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said it was both true that the Supreme Court needed to deal with “high-profile” cases involving judges’ business trips and that Congress needed to “get out of court business.”
“Let’s draw a line in the sand,” he said. Said. “Tomorrow the Republicans will come to this committee and defend the separation of powers when it comes to the Supreme Court…if this bill passes, it will destroy the Supreme Court as we know it.” (Related: Most ethics experts cited in ProPublica report on Conservative SCOTUS Judge Donations to Democratic and Left Causes)
Republican Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn promised: introduction A Supreme Court Justice Protection Act will be enacted on Thursday accordingly, she said.[increase] Penalties for those who threaten, intimidate, assault, or attempt to influence our judges and the decisions they make. ”
The White House introduced the bill amid media reports alleging ethics violations by Supreme Court justices, including a trip Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from billionaire friend and real estate developer Harlan Crow and a private jet ride Justice Samuel Alito accepted during an Alaskan fishing trip with billionaire Paul Singer in 2008.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said, “Almost every week, we learn something new and very disturbing about the judges who serve on the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the United States, and what they do outside the courtroom.” Said in a statement Thursday. “Let me tell you, if I or any senator don’t report all-out-of-pocket luxury travel or use government officials to help sell the books we’ve written, we’re going to be in big trouble.”
ProPublica, which first reported the alleged violations of Mr. Thomas and Mr. Alito, was backed by many of the same donors as the left-wing activist group seeking to investigate or resign Mr. Thomas, a review of tax documents by the Daily Caller News Foundation found.
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